NPC plans Book Rap with Thomas Mallon, March 2 at 6:30 p.m.

The National Press Club's Book & Author Committee plans to host esteemed historical novelist Thomas Mallon as he discusses his newest book, Watergate, on March 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the conference rooms.

Reservations are required and may be made at [email protected] or by calling 202-662-7523. This event is free for NPC members, $5 for non-members. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. No outside books will be permitted. Proceeds benefit the National Press Club Journalism Institute.

The event is as part of the Club’s Book Rap series.

Watergate is the retelling of the Watergate scandal, as seen through a kaleidoscope of its colorful characters. Mallon conveys the drama and high comedy of the Nixon presidency through the urgent perspectives of seven people we only thought we knew before now, moving readers from the private cabins of Camp David to the klieg lights of the Senate Caucus Room, from the District of Columbia jail to the Dupont Circle mansion of Theodore Roosevelt’s sharp-tongued 90-year-old daughter, and into the hive of the Watergate complex itself, home not only to the Democratic National Committee but also to the president’s attorney general, his recklessly loyal secretary, and the shadowy man from Mississippi who pays out hush money to the burglars.

Thomas Mallon is the author of eight novels, including Henry and Clara, Dewey Defeats Truman, and Fellow Travelers, and seven works of nonfiction. He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times Book Review.